What you'll do

As a Product Owner for mobile apps, you will be responsible for defining, prioritizing, and managing the product backlog for Canadian Tire’s mobile app. You will report directly into the Product Manager, Mobile Apps and work closely with other product owners, developers, and designers to ensure the successful delivery of features that enhance user experience and drive engagement.

In this role, you'll do:

• Roadmap Delivery: Collaborate with the Product Manager to understand and execute the product vision and strategy.

• User Story Writing: Translate high-level product requirements into detailed user stories and acceptance criteria.

• Prioritization: Act as a product lead to prioritize features, make decisions during sprints, and ensure that delivered work meets the defined acceptance criteria.

• Production Support: Act as a product lead when addressing production issues for features within your portfolio

• Go to Market: Coordinate and develop go-to-market strategies that support feature releases where necessary.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams including engineering, data science, data syndication, merchandising, other product managers, and UX/UI to deliver high-quality mobile app solutions.

• Performance Monitoring & Data Analysis: Continuously monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), user behavior data, and feedback to identify opportunities for improvement.

• A/B Testing: Assist in designing, implementing, and analyzing A/B tests to optimize search features and ensure data-driven decision-making.

• Agile Development: Lead agile development processes by writing clear user stories, defining acceptance criteria, and ensuring timely delivery of product increments.

• Continuous Improvement: Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices for iOS and Android to become a mobile app SME.

Technical Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the squad to ensure technical alignment with product goals.

• Utilize tools such as Jira to track progress, manage backlogs, and Confluence to manage product artifacts.

• Participate in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives to facilitate Agile processes.

• Analyze technical trade-offs and make informed decisions in collaboration with engineering teams.

• Ensure robust documentation of technical requirements and user stories.

Data Analysis Responsibilities:

• Use data analytics tools to analyze product performance metrics.

• Generate insights from data to drive product decisions and optimizations.

• Present data-driven recommendations to stakeholders for continuous improvement.

What you bring

• Minimum of 3-4 years of product management experience.

• Experience working in native mobile apps for iOS and Android.

• Experience with App & Play Store release management, Apple’s HiG and Google’s Material Design.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent.

• Proficiency in data analysis techniques and tools.

• Hands-on experience with A/B testing methodologies and tools.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• Strong problem-solving skills and a customer-centric mindset.

• Experience working in Agile methodologies. SAFe agile is a plus.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with Firebase, Google Analytics or New Relic.

• Proficiency in SQL for data querying and analysis.

• Hands-on technical experience developing native mobile apps.

About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

Accommodations

We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.